Roll-selecting device



G. MESSIG ROLL SELECTING DEVICE Dec. 14 1926.

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G. MESSIG Rom.- SELECTING DEVICE Filed March 1. 1921 8 Sheets Shee-h a Dec. 14 1926.

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Y B 1 FL 8 w 4 AU HIWM U fi m W A TTOFFNEY are shown mounted in a circle between the carrier heads and 92.

Each inusic roll is provided with a terniinal cross rod 87, and near the bearing of each roll is a spring pressed detent e for holding the rod 87 iii a notch in the edge of the head.

The shaft of each roll. has an offset driving member is beyond the outer side of the carrier head :0, while beyond the head 02 each shaft extends as at 1 1 to thereby provide n appropriate abutment to be engaged by the arm '20 for rotat'ng the carrier as will be pr-sently described.

A main drive shaft 28 carries wheel 2. whi h is driven by motor suitable connections as for belt 27.

A friction wheel. 30 is lined to sh: "lit 28 arranged to d ve a friction di 1 wheel 30 being niovble longitudinally of the shaft for adjusting the i V the disc 31. 3]. is

The disc mounted on a shaft 32 which, by worin whe l gearing 332 is adapted to drive shaft 34;, the shaft seine in turn adapted to be clutched with shaft 37 or the taheup spool, said shaft Us" being rotatably mounted uprights B and The playing position of he roll is shown in Figs. 1 and 4; and when a roll reaches this position, its rod 87 is engaged by two arms 88 and 89 (one on each side the roll carrier), and is moved downwardly into the slots 105 which are provided to receive them in the two flanges C and C of the talreup spool The talreup spool he inoanwhil started to revolve and, continuing, the wall, of the slots 105 grip the terminal rod zinc cause the winding oi": the music sheet on to the spool thus drawing the music sheet over the tracker bar in the usual manner.

There usuallv e or l ct-ions on each s ct on t 1e motor shouh ould remain a c ineans,

roll. After each stop and the mechanism sl rest until started by as by pressing' of the electric bi 16), which trips the depositing a coin in a slot t or bv suiti ch bov

i r able coin controlled device w ii s no part of this invention, and no ted.

At the end of the l v s 'on the roll rewinds. its the paper with its rod attached leaves the talreup spool S the rod carries up the arms 88 to their normal or upper positions the arms 88 ai d 8 thus moved upwardly the i 110 (F which carries art said arins, causes a bell crank 64; secured to its left end to press bacltwardly 'i t an Xensi n 68 the hanger so move the nose (58 of said hanger baclrwardly from beneath the pin 90. The pin is connected with the bellows P and its rel-ease allows the bellows to swine" downwardly into position under A sudden jerk in this movement is pevented by the bellows P supported by stanc ard B which operates as a brake and prevents the parts from rapid movement. or this purpose the bellows is provided w th a valve 78 (see Fig. 16). Lhe valve 78 rests upon a seat 78 in the exhaust tube 79 a has a small hole 80 self cleaned by a 0 wire 80 To play the next roll the magnet 2 energized for releasing the lever 92, when it is seen that the weight on this lever 6), acting thru shoulder 109 of the lin I 109, will throw the bell crank 6% 5) ov 1' dead center shown in dotted lines 89 are drawn up by the rod 0 throws the bel crank over i to its rear position, thereby partiing the shaft 110 carrying ends of the said arms an 8 of the rod 8? and in position rod 8? of the next music rol further operation of the lever a I moved 7 This will can? irnis 88 the tern'ir c on the end or .i sheet and i said rod downwardlv to the takeup spool. During the p aying oi? the first few pass of the A the suction beiuc; en tr e bellows P will lraw together, against the tension of sprir be held in its Q pin 90 r i the upper or FLOYD". l 1 .1 i I! oenig caughton the nose 63 or t are-stored again in the said springs.

The roll carrier is free to rotate with the e, away from the clutch member 37 and thus free the takeup spool S. At the same time the upper half of the lever will slide the rewind clutch member 42 into engagement with a fixed extension 42 of the wheel 43, by means of a stud and ,thus cause the roll to be rewound.

Suitable paddle like studs, as F, on wheel l3 engage with the extension or n 4A of spindle a5 oi? the music roll. These studs F operate as a means to connect the spindles 2 and 45, it being noted that whenever i roll carrier moves to dispose a roll in pla7- ing position the arm as of said roll will be brought into position for engagement by one of said studs.

A single brake member as 43 operating upon the periphery of the wheel ll will be sutlicient for controlling all of the music i rolls as they are brought successively into l rod heing ai 1- o 1 48 which carries th valve disc l9.

Vlith my apparatus, there is only one movement to change the roll. after which the motor can be kept running without danger of injuring the music sheets.

The var ius parts of my instrument are dos d to be placed to the front thereof far as possible so that the operation of the same may be observed and also so as to be the more readily understood and repaired.

As soon as the hole in the valve block V is opened. air rushes in and overbalances the partial vacuum in pouch 50, and ent 51, in box 46 causing the pouch 50 to raise and lift the valve 52, thus exposing a large enough hole at 58 to weaken the suction through the main action chest. which is connected through pipe 54. The air is exhausted out of this be l6 through thesaine exhausting means as used for the main action, and by the seat 52 raising, the inrush of air is enough to cause leakage in the main action and no notes will sound.

The other valve 2 is affected the valve disc 5? lifted. from its seat soon as the music sheet leaves the take-up spool S (Fig. 11). At this time the val V closes, as the lever 40 disengages from catch 56 (Fig. 7) and allows the roll carrier lit to turn and put another roll R- in position to be played.

The one valve V is enough to flush the action, and the other valve V is for the pur ve th i eii iai pose of keeping it flushed until the next roll comes dowm and the paper covers the tracker bar, one turn of the take-up spool S, allowing the valve V to seat again (Fig. 4).

As the paper starts across the tra ker bar T, and having made approximately one-half of a revolution on spool S, the valve V will close and a vacuum he again established in the main action chest and box 4&6, the valve V having been previously opened by the dog 58 11 and 17) as its wheel 59 dropped in recess 60 of the take-up spool S.

The arm which as above described, operates to step the roll carrier around, is shown in l0, and its manner of opera tion is shown in Fig. 2. From these figures it will be seen that a small. roller 72 is mounted on an auxiliary link 73 which is oted as at 73 to the link 70. A suitable o ring G operates to hold the link '1' O pressed upwardly while the auxi' link 73 hangs downwardly with its roh 72 riding upon a track 7 L seas to keep the lug 71 of the music roll between two adjacent parts 75 and 76, former being carried by the link 70 and the latter being carried by the link 73, and not permit the roll carrier to oscillate by momentum. K

As the roller 7:2 reaches the end oftrack i it drops on or" said end so that LL16 part 75 1. In this position of the roller 72 the roll carrier may be revolved freely by hand it desired, as when inserting new music rolls.

For continuous playing I have provided a small arm 82 (Fig. attached to the front portion of the large bellows 1 said arm being mounted so that it may be swung manually into either a vertical or horizontal position. When it is swung into a horizontal position then the bellows coming down and having changed the music roll, said arm will press against the lever 81 and push it backwardly the same as it the magnet 24 had attracted it. In this way the rolls will be changed and played continuously as long as the'motor is kept running.

F or continuous playing, without a coin controlled apparatus the motor keeps run ning and wire or link is disconnected and arm 82 is left a horizontal position.

If it is desired to stop the motor after each selection. tilQ llillSidlOll sheet is prepared with a single hole after each of the selections. lhese holes register with'a con I responding hole in the tracker bar which is connected to a valve in. the main chest and each hole of the sheet no ass in to register with the hole of the tra bar this valve operates and makes en connection of tube 134, collapsing the pneumatic 85 and lifting the switch 23. i

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The weight 95 on lever 92. b cient to throw the arms 88 and center, would he too much sheet to raise o 89 back to their u tion of bel and lever the ti have t 45 lif of the take up s On shaft is a cam 1 5O erate the locki rier VJ. Thi the arms 88 and 89 are tions to hold the lever 112 in locl-rin tion, that is with its in enga when tl permit the lev spring 112, engagen In order to re and disenoa allow t L3, whic on the tracker bar and be properly wot id on the talre up roll In the event of the usic sheet shil' ing from one side to the other. position is inmiediately corrected.

hiy apparatus is particularly adapted to be used in connection with any automatic music playing instrument, as it comprise a simple and quick means of changing the roll to be played by turning the roll carrier step 1 oy step, and also transfer means for moving the tree end or the music sheet to the take up tt forth my invention in the tliollowing i-claim:

1. In an instrument of the class described, a music roll carrying a music sheet having a rod the end thereof, a laterally movable shaft theri'for, means to maintain. the music roll shaft in a medial position, a take-up spool having; flanges spaced apart the Width of the music sheet to receive the latter, trans fe" arms to move the music sheet rod to the talre-up spool, means to cause the music sheet rod to register with the transfer arms, and means to rotate the take-up spool whereby when the music sheet is Wound from the music roll to the take-up spool the edges thereoi shall at all times lie Within the said flanges.

In an instrument oi the class described, a music roll carrying a music si et having arol at the end thereof, a laterally movable shaft tl e 'e'ior, means located on opposite sides of the instrumen to maintain the music roll shaft in a medial position, a take-up spool havino' flanges spaced apart the Width of the music shes to r ceive the latter, trans fer arms to move the music sheet rod to the tthe-up spool, means to cause the music sheet rod to register with the transfer arms, and means to rotate the take-up spool whereby when the music sheetis wound from the music roll to the take-up spool the edges thereof shall at all times lie Within the said flanges.

3. In an inst in cut of the class de 'crihed, a music roll carrying a perforated music sheet having: a red at th end thereof, a laterally movable shaft therefor, a tracker ha having a series of perforations, means to continuously register the music roll with relation to the t'aclier bar so that the perforations of the music sheet will register with those of the tracker bar, a take-up spool having fian ee spaced'apart the Width of the some of its purposes used music sheet to receive the latter, t ans arms to move th music sheet rod with the transfer arms, and m tate the talre-up spool.

l. In an instrument of the class dcscribeu, To a roll carrier containin a plurality oi music rolls each carrying a music e having 2 rod at the end thereor, a -ly in shaft therefor, means located said shaft to m intain each i r in :1 met the carrier ther l l take-up spool having flanges spaced apart the wicth a music sheet LO L receive the more each music iccessively he take .p spool, so 0 cause cash nu sheet rod to sueant mean. -o ro ate til. i -up spool Where-- by when each nusic c successively wound from. the music mil to the take-up 5K5 spool the edges thercol shell at all times lie the said i an inst t the escrihed, a fo 1 carrier 1 of music rolls ea sic sheet 90 l vine a rod i end ti laterally or z r havii e each music roll and dial 1 os't'on 1 s11- cossivcly Witl the ltlnlh bar, pay; 100 3 l 1 he latter, transfer arms to more each music sheet rod successively to the t" 641p spool, means to cause each music SllQGL. rod to successively register with the trawler arnis, ud means 11*?) to rotate the take-up spool each music sheet is successivel the music roll to the to -u i shall at, all tim .s li

' spaced continuous movement.

Y. n an instrument of the class described,

a roll carrier, means to move said carrier comprising a member to store energy, a trip to release said member to permit it to move said ca 'rier, and means to re-store energy Ill) means for playing, a number of rolls, re- Winding means therefor comprising a single brake Wheel having a series of projections and having an axis parallel to that oli the roll being rewound, the said means being adapted to engage any one of the rolls the one brake wheel alone.

22. In an instruniient of the c "5 described, a roll, a music sheet carried her ,JF, a tax up spool, mechanism comprising a series of interworlring elements to move the music sheet, devices con'iprising another series of interworking elements to actuate the take up spool, a common means set in motion by the commencement ot' the operation. of the in strument to simultaneously start the movement of the said mechanism and also that of the said devices, means to continue the operation ot the said mechanism and o? the said devices until the music sheet and the talre up spool. are operatively engaged, tl means to keep the take up spool in continuous rotation until the music sheet is Wound thereon.

533, In an instrument of the class described, a roll, a music sheet carried thereby, a take up spool, mechanism to move the music sheet, devices to actuate the take up spool, a common means set in motion by the instrument to siniiultaneously start the movement of the said mechanism and also that of the said devices, means to continue the operation of the said mechanism and of the said devices until the music sheet and the take up spool are operatively engaged, and means to keep the take up spool in continuous rotation until the music sheet is Wound thereon.

2 In an instrument of the class described, a roll, a music sheet carried thereby, a take up spool, mechanism comprising a series of interivorkinp; elements to move the music sheet, devices coniiprising another series of interworking elements to actuate the take up spool, a common u'ieans set in motion by the commencement of the operation of the instrument to simultaneously start the movement of the said mechanism and also that of the said devices. means to continue the operation of the said mechanism and of the said devices until the .nusic sheet and the take up spool are operatively engaged, and means to keep the talre up spool is continuous rotation until the music sheet wound thereon, and also means to simultaneously reverse the movement of the music sheet and that of the take up spool until the music sheet is re- Wound on its roll.

In an instrument of the class described, a roll, a music sheet carried thereby a take up spool, mechanism to move "the music sheet, devices to actuate the take up spool, a common means set in motion by the instrument to simultaneously start the movement of the said mechanism and also that of the said devices, means to continue the operation of the said mechanism and of the said devices until the music sheet and the take up roll are operativcly engaged, and means to keep the take up spool in continuous rotation until the music sheet is Wound thereon, and also means to simultaneously reverse the i'i'iovcment of the music sheet and that of the take up spool until the music sheet is revround on its roll.'

26. In an instrument of the class described, a roll, a misic sheet carried thereby, a take up spool, mechanism comprising a series oil inter-Working elements to move the music sheet, devices comprising another se ries of inter-Working elements to actuate the take up spool, a common means set in motion by the conunencement of the operation of the instrument to s-iimultaneously start the n'iovement ot the said mechanism and also that of the said devices, means to continue the operation of the said mechanism and of the said devices until the music sheet and the talre up spool are operatively engaged, and means to keep the take up spool in continuous rotation until the music sheet is Wound thereon, and also means to simultaneously reverse the movement oil the music sheet and that of the take up spool until the music sheet is re-wound on its roll, and means to then stop the movement oi? the said parts or else to repeat the said operation at Will.

27. In an instrument of the class described, 11 roll, a music sheeet carried thereby, a take up spool, mechanism to move the music sheet, devices to actuate the take up spool, a common means set in motion by the instrument to simultaneously start the movement of the said mechanisn'i and also that of the said devices. means to continue the operation of the said mechanism and of the said devices until the music sheet and the take up spoolare operatively engaged, and means to keep the take up spool in continuous rotation until the music sheet is Wound thereon, and also means to simultaneously reverse the movement of the music sheet and that oi. the take up spool until the music sheet is re-Wound on its roll, and means to then stop the movement of the said parts or else to repeat the said operation at will.

28. In an instrument of the class described, a roll carrier containing a plurality of rolls each carrying a music sheet, a take up roll, mechanism comprising a series of interworking elements to move the music sheet, devices comprising another series of interworking elements to actuate the take up spool, a common means set in motion by the commencement of the operation of the instrument to simultaneously start the movement of the said mechanism and also that of the said devices, means to continue the operation of the said mechanism and of the said devices until the music sheet and the take up spool are operatively engaged, and

meansito keep. the take up spool vin continuousrotation until the music sheet. .is Wound thereon, and also means to simultaneously reverse the movement of the music sheet and that of thetake up spooluntil the music sheet. is 18-W0d11tl011 itsroll, and means to rotate the roll carrier a sufficient distance to bring another roll in position to enable its music sheet and thcvtahe up spool to be in turn operatedv by. the said mechanism and by the said devices and also by the said subsequently acting parts. 29. In instrument of the class described, roll cal r containing a plurztli of rolls each can 11g a n'iusic sheet, a talze up spool, mechanism to move the music sheet, devices to actuate the me up spool, a common means set in motion by the iustrinnent to simultaneously start the move mentof the said mechanism and also that at the said devices, means to continue the operation of the said mechanism and of the said devices until the music sheet and the take up roll are operatively engaged, and means to keep the take up wool in continuous rotation until the met Wound thereon, and also means to simultaneously reverse the movement of the music sheet and that of thetal-xe up spool until the music sheet is re-ivound on its roll, and means to rotate. the roll carrier a suificient distance to bring, another roll in position to-enable the music sheet and the take up spool to be in turn operated by the said mechanism and by the said devices and also by the subsequently acting parts.

(30 111 an instrument of the class descrihet, a roll carrier, means to move said carrier step by step comprising a member tostore energy, anda trip actuated by the operation of the instrument and adapted to release said member and permit it to move d carrier, a pneuinz ztic vent cushioning; the operative movement oi said mcn'iber, and means to ire-store en v again to said meml'ier actuated by the t ther operation of the instrument.

3.1.. In an instrument of the class described, amusic roll carrying amusic sheet, a take-up .spochmeans tormove the music roll step by step means to carry the end of the music sheet to the taheup spool comprising amember to store energy, means to expend such energy by the operation of the instrument, and means to restore energy again to the said memberactuated by the further operation of the instrument. I

In an instrument of the class ,des'cribed. a motona roll carriercarrying a music sheet, a take-up sp'oolga direct drive shaft operated by the motor to actuate the roll carrier step by step, means to store energy, a friction deviceto operate the takea take-up spool, means to move the music roll step by step, means to carry the end of the music sheet to the take-up spool comprising a member to store enero'y, ineansto expend such energy by the operation ofthe instrument, and means, whereby, by the further op tion of the instrument, energy is 1 ain restored in the said member, and also means to move the take-up spool comprising a pneumatic device.

' 3'4. In an instrument of the class described, a music roll carrying a music sheet, a take-up spool, means to hold the music roll, means to move the end of the music sheet to the take-up spool, a member 'to store energy comprising a resiliently controlled lever acting when released by the operation of the instrument 'to move the end of the music sheet, and means, whereby, by the further operation of the instrument, en-

ergy is again restored in the said member. 7

In an instrument or" the class de scribed, a music roll carrier, means to move said carrier one step comprising a member to store energy, means to expend such energy by the operationot the instrument comprising a trip adapted to release said member, event to regulate the operative movement of saidmember, and means whereby. by the further operation of the instru ment, energy is again re-stored in the said member. s

36.1n an instrument of the class described, a music roll carrier, means to move said carrier one step comprising a member to store energy, means to expend such energy by the operation or the instrument comprising a trip adapted to release said member, means to regulate the operative movement of said member, and means \v'herey, by the further operation of the instrument, energy is again re-stored in the said member. Y

37.111 an instrument of the class described, music roll carrier containing a plurality of music rolls each carrying perforated music sheet, a tracker. bar'ha-ving a series of perforations, and automatically operated means to consecutively register each music roll and the tracker bar so that the perforations of each niusic sheet will reg ister with those of the tracker bar.

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